Exporting photos

If you're wondering where the Save button is in Lightroom, you're in good company.…This seems to be the number one thing that has many Lightroom users…scratching their heads.…The answer is there is no Save button because there is nothing to save.…As I've mentioned, all the adjustments that you make to a photo are…automatically preserved as instructions in a photo's metadata, and the actual…photo remains untouched, no matter what you do here in Lightroom.…So there really is nothing to save from Lightroom, and there is no Save…command or Save button;…however, you can export a photo from Lightroom.…

So let's say that you want to send a photo by email, so it has to be a JPEG.…Or you want to give one to a service bureau to print for you, and they are…asking for a TIFF file.…Or you want to make a copy of a raw file in the JPEG format, so that you can just…keep it in your computer and maybe include it in a PowerPoint or share with a…client or put it online.…In all those cases, the verb to use is export, not save, and to export one or…

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5/6/2011

In this course, Jan Kabili provides an approachable introduction to organizing, editing, and sharing photos in Lightroom. The course offers a quick-start approach to the basics, from importing photos from a camera or a hard drive, to managing photos in the Library module, to improving photos by adjusting exposure, recovering details from highlights and shadows, sharpening, and more. Jan also includes a look at popular Lightroom features for sharing photos: exporting, printing, and creating slideshows.

Topics include:

Understanding Lightroom catalogs

Importing photos from multiple sources

Organizing photos with ratings, keywords, and collections

Working with virtual copies

Making basic corrections to photo color and tone

Making local photo edits with the Adjustment Brush and Graduated Filter tools